Old Salliwood confounds the young'uns

Old Salliwood confounds the young uns - The West Australian

Veteran mare Salliwood scored the biggest win of her career and swept aside retirement plans when she was successful in the Garrard's Horse & Hound BOTRA Cup (2902m) at the Gloucester Park harness racing meeting tonight.

The Debbie Padberg-trained 10-year-old, who started at $31.80, set a solid pace for reinsman Michael Tenardi and held off fast finisher Rockyourbaby by a neck.

Salliwood, owned by a partnership, has won 17 races and run 42 places in a 156-start career.

She is one of the oldest mares competing in Australian harness racing and connections were discussing whether she should be retired this year.

In three weeks, Salliwood will be an 11-year-old. Southern hemisphere harness racing horses have birthdays officially on September 1, whereas thoroughbreds are on August 1.